Individual Differences in Repressive-Defensiveness Predict Basal Salivary Cortisol Levels

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 362-371

  Brown, Laurel L ^a   Tomarken, Andrew J ^a   Orth, David N ^a   Loosen, Peter T ^a   Kalin, Ned H ^b,c   Davidson, Richard J ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; REPRESSION-SENSITIZATION; SALIVA;

EID: 0030078093     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.70.2.362     Document Type: Article

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